CHICKEN SHERRY RECIPE
6 chicken breasts, boned
3/4 c. olive oil
1 stick butter or margarine
1/4 bunch parsley
1 onion, chopped
2 c. beef consommé
3/4 c. tomato juice
1/2 c. dry sherry
4 tbsp. flour
Skin breasts, roll and brown in butter and olive oil. Put breasts in roaster. Add flour to oil and butter and add remaining ingredients. Cook a few minutes and pour over chicken in roaster. Cover roaster and bake at 325 to 350 degrees for about 2 hours. If freezing (sauce is better after frozen for a week), bake for only 1/2 hour. Defrost all day when serving, and bake for the remaining 1 1/2 hours at 325 degrees.
CHICKEN ST. STEVENS
4 whole chicken breasts, boned, skinned and halved
8 thin slices Smithfield ham (prosciuto may be substituted)
8 thin slices Swiss cheese
1 can mushroom soup, undiluted
1/2 pt. sour cream
Fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/4 c. sherry or madeira
In a bowl, combine soup, sour cream, wine and mushrooms. Place chicken in a 9" x 13" dish and cover with ham slices. Pour sauce over chicken, reserving a small amount for later. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, covered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 degrees. When done, cover with cheese and the remaining sauce. Bake an additional
couple minutes until the cheese melts. Serves 8.
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CHICKEN WELLINGTON
4 chicken breasts, boned and halved
1 pkg. Uncle Ben's Wild Rice Mix
1 pkg. Pillsbury crescent rolls
1 egg, separated
Cook rice by package directions. Beat egg white and add to rice. Spoon rice onto chicken half. Cover with other half. Separate dough into 4 pieces, using 2 rolls for each piece. Roll each piece with a rolling pin until thin.
Wrap one thin piece of dough around chicken, covering completely. Place chicken in baking pan and brush with egg yolk. Cover pan with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake another 20 to 30 minutes until golden brown. Serve with currant sauce (below). Serves 4.
--CURRANT SAUCE--
1 jar red currant jelly
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. lemon juice
Dash tabasco
1 tsp. dry mustard
Mix together and heat over low heat until melted.
CHICKEN WITH NESTS
8 nested style angel hair pasta
8 chicken breast halves
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 (6 oz.) can sliced mushrooms
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained well
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can cream of chicken soup
2/3 c. water
3 oz. monterey jack cheese, shredded
3 oz. cheddar cheese, shredded
Cook pasta, keeping nest together, about 2 minutes; drain well. Sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder over chicken. Put chicken in 9" x 13" pan. Spoon some spinach over each chicken breast. Place pasta nest carefully on top of chicken and spinach. Combine soup and water in pan. Bring to a boil. Mix well and pour over nests evenly. Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Combine cheese and sprinkle over pasta. Bake 5 minutes more. Serves 8.
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